Advertising novelty.



H. PARK. ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 23, 1917.

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ADVERTISING 1\TOVELTY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 17, 1918.

Application filed April 23, 1917. Serial No. 164,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY PARK, a citi- "zen of the United States, residing in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Novelties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to advertising novelties, and more particularly to a device by means of which a series of advertising cards can be supported, with the foremost card exposed through a sight opening or frame,

with means for automatically withdrawing the foremost card and transferring it from the front to the back of the pack, the object of'the invention being to rovide means for automatically and successively drawing the front, or exposed, card away from the sight opening so that the next card will be exposed to view, the card which is drawn away each time being laced at the-back of the pack.

Another 0 ject of my invention is to provide a device of the character referred to, which can be embodied in a variety of different advertising forms, whereby to give indication of life thereto. 1 For example, as a most efiective'advertising novelty, it may be embodied in the representation of a person holding a display frame in one hand and actually moving his other arm to withdraw the cards one by one from the front of the display opening and to replace them in the rear of the stack of cards being exhibited, the operating mechanism all being hidden behind the form or representation.

Another embodiment of my invention may be that of a landscape scene in which appears the representation of a signboard, in which is a sight or display opening, and in which advertising cards to be exhibited are ex posed.

Another important feature of my invention is to provide a mechanism which, while being driven uniformly and continuously,-

may be constructed to operate intermittently to withdraw the cards from the front of the sight opening and to transfer them to the In order to fully describe my invention, I have illustrated the same on the accompanying two sheets: of drawings in which,'

Figure 1 is a front or face view of the representationof a man holding a display frame in one hand, and with the other hand withdrawing a card therefrom;

Fig. 2 is a back view, on a larger scale, showing .the mechanism for withdrawing and transferring the cards from the front to the back;

Figs. 3 and 3" show, respectively enlarged side and top views of certain details of the transfer mechanism;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail;

Fig. 4 is a front view, showing a landscape with a signboard therein, which represents a display opening through which cards can be exposed;

Fig. 5 is a back view thereof, on an enlarged scale, showing a modification of the mechanism for transferring the cards in the sight opening; and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view thereof, taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5. V

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, I will first describe the mechanism as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 3.

In the drawing, 1 designates a display frame, through which the cards 2 are exposed to view, said cards being withdrawn at the side of the opening in said frame, apparently by the right arm 3, of the repre sentation of the man, and transferred to the back of the pack in the frame. On the back of the frame 1, is a holding frame composed of the frame members 4, 5 and 6, for holding the cards 2, in a stack at the back of the sight opening through the main frame 1. Two parallel guide bars 77, are mounted lengthwise on the frame, and constitute a guideway for a traveling head 8, adapted to move back and forth between said guide bars 7 7. Spring arms, or fingers, 99, may be mounted on the frame members 4: and 6, and arranged to project inwardly and longitudinally between said frame members, so as to bear yieldingly against the back card, as willbe clear from Fig. 2. Two other spring fingers 10-10, may be mounted upon the frame member 5, and operate to yieldingly press the cards together at their opposite ends.

provided with a spring frame 12, between" the frame members 1 and 6, and at its lower 7 end provided with a crank arm 13, attached,

as at 1 1, to a slide member 15, having a slot and pin connection to the frame" member 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. v Said slide member'is provided with an operating rod 16, turned upwardly, as at 17, at one end, and at its other end attached to a pivoted angle arm l8. Mounted on said head 8, is a downwardly depending finger 19, adapted, when at the extreme right hand end of its course of travel to said operating rod 16, and to slide said member 15 to the right, for the purpose of rocking the rock bar 11, so as to swing the spring frame 12, outwardly, thus pressing backwardly each card as it is drawn from the front of the pack, whereby, as it is pushed to the left, it will be moved behind the'pack. As said head 8 moves to thel'eft, pushing the withdrawn card with it, said downwardly depending finger 19 engages the angle arm 18, and rocks it to the left, thus operating through the rod 16, to rock the rock bar 11, so as to swing the spring frame 12 forwardly again, in position to engage the front of the next card withdrawn from in front of the pack. Thus said rockbar 11, and its spring frame 12, is intermittently, at the end ofeach stroke of the head 8, rocked for the purpose of flexing the cards flatwise from the front to the back, as they are withdrawn so that they will'be moved back of the pack.

I will now describe the mechanism which operates the'slide head 8, and by means of which an intermittent and,- successive withdrawal of the cards is accomplished. Pivotally connected to said head 8, is a pitman 20, having the round rod portion. 21, on which telescopes a sleeve 22, one end of which is attached to a wheel 23, as at 24;, which wheel may be driven from any desirable source of power, by means of a belt 25. Said wheel is also provided at a point opposite the pitman sleeve attachment at 2 1, with a'trip finger 26. Said pitman sleeve is provided with a lug 27. Pivotally mounted on the side of the pitman 20, is a latch bar 28, having at its forward end a shoulder 29, and provided at itshupper end with a laterally projecting wing30. Pivotally mounted on said latch bar 28, is a downwardly depending guard 31, having an overlying angle portion 32, which projects across the top of the latch bar 28. The leaf spring 33-, is secured'to the top of the latch bar 28, as at 34:, and bears at its forward end, as at 35, upon the angle portion 32, of the guard 31', and at its opposite end said spring 33 bears' downwardly upon the 'pitman rod 20, as at 36. As said wheel 23 engage the upturned end 17, of.

revolves in the direction indicated by the arrow, with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2, the pitman sleeve 22, slides outwardly on the pitman'rod 21, without mov- 'ing the same. As said pitman sleeve is returned, the lug 27, there0n,engages the latch' member 28, lifting the same so that its shoulder-'29 hooks over said lug 27, the guard 31, being pushed back so as to permit this. On the next revolution of the wheel 23, said pitman rod 21, and the slide head 8, is pulled with the pitman sleeve to the extreme right hand position, pulling the front card'with it.

In this position, the "trip finger 26, on said wheel 23, engages the Wing 30, of the latch bar 28, and lifts it so as to free its shoulder the pitman rod 21 backwardly bylreason of this engagement against the guard 31. As said pitman sleeve 22-next starts to the right, thelug 27 is free of the shoulder 29, and makes its next trip without moving the'pitman rod 21, or the head 8. q

Pivotally mounted at the right hand end of the head 8, is a hook 37, the forward end of which is held pressed yieldingly backwardly against the face of the cards by means of aspring 38. The cards 2, are provided on their right hand endswith reinforcing pieces'2 adapted to be engaged by the hook 37, as it is moved to the left with the slide head 8, whereby as said head 8 is moved to the right said hook pulls said card to the right with it, until its left hand end is free of the right handcend of the pack'of cards, whereupon the -spring frame 12, op-

erates as before described to thrust the left hand end of the withdrawn ---card backwardly, so that it'can be pushed in behind the pack of cards by a part 8 on said slide each revolution of the crank wheel 23.

In Figs. 5 and 6, the main frame is designated l The'holding frame on the back thereof, is composed of the frame members l, 5* and 6, and are "similar to the'me'mbers 4:, 5, and 6 "in Fig. 2. Guide bars7, form guiding means for a head 8 which head is connected by means of a pitman 21 and an arm 22, to the wheel 23, driven fromamotor M, and the connections thereto, in the manner indicated to give the proper speed to the wheel 23. Two spring fingers 9 are mounted on the frames 4 and 6 and press inwardly against the back of the cards 2, as clearly shown in Figs-5 and 6. Defiecting springs 40 and 41 are set in the upper and lower edges of the holding frame and project diagonally across the space, as clearly shown in Fig. 6, whereby when a card 2 is withdrawn to the extreme right from in front of said deflecting springs 40 and 41, the long ends of said springs 40 and 41 flex forwardly so that when the card is started backwardly, it is deflected by said springs 40 and 41 to the rear of the pack and under the free ends of the spring 9 The hook 37*, which engages the reinforcing edges 2* of the cards 2', as clearly shown in Fig. 6, in this form of the invention is pressed forwardly by a leaf spring 43, pressing against the hook 37 near its pivot point 37 as shown. Mounted on the head 8*, adjacent said hook 337*, is an angle card-pushing finger 44, which operates to push the card back of the pack as the head 8 is moved again from its extreme right hand position to the left, as clearly indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 6. A in the holding ame member 6*, and projects across the path of the cards so as to prevent the second card from moving with the front card, by reason of the friction between the two, as will be clear from Fig. 6. A guide lip 46, is mounted at the extreme left hand end of the holding frame to direct the left hand ends of the cards as they are pushed to the extreme left hand end of the frame.

,Thus it will be seen that I have provided a practical and successful mechanism for automatically moving the front, or exposed card of a pack from in front of a display opening, and for returning it to the back of the pack, the machine operating continuously and transferring the cards successively from thefront to the back, so long as the machine shall be kept running. It will also be seen that I have provided a novel mechanismv by means of which a card can be automatically transferred from the front of the pack to the back thereof with each alternate movement of the transfer mechanism, thus giving increased time for reading the card display, though the machine be kept running continuously.

I am aware that many changes can be made in the details of my invention as here embodied for purposes of illustration, with out departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not, therefore, limit the invention to the particular embodiments thereof here shown, except as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

ard spring 45, is mounted 1. In a device of'the character referred to, a display frame, a pack of cards supported in the rear thereof with the foremost card exposed therethrough, a reciprocating member at the back of said display frame, means for operating the same horizontally, means carried by said reciprocating member and adapted to engage the foremost card adja' cent its edge nearest said reciprocating member, whereby to draw said card by its ad vancing edge from in front of said pack, means carried by said reciprocating member and adapted to engage the same edge of said card on its return movement, whereby to push it, and means for guiding said card to the rear of said pack.

2. In a device of the character referred to, a display frame, a pack of cards supported in the rear thereof with the foremost card rocating member, a motor for operating the same, means carried by said reciprocating member to engage the foremost card adjacent its end nearest said reciprocating member, whereby to draw said card by its advancing edge from in front of said pack, means carried by said reciprocating member, and adapted on the return movement of the latter to engage the same end of said card, whereby to push it, and means for guiding said card to the rear of said pack.

3. In a device of the character referred to, a display member with a display opening therein, a pack of cards supported in the rear of said display opening with the foremost card exposed therethrough, a horizontal guide member mounted in the rear of said display member, a reciprocating .member' slidably mounted thereon, means on said reciprocating member for alternately pulling and pushing each card at the same edge, whereby to successively withdraw and transfer said cards from one side of said pack to the other, a' motor, and operating connections therefrom for operating said reciproeating member.

4. In a device of the character referred to, in combination, a support with display openlng therein, means for supporting a series of cards back of said display opening with the foremost card exposed therein, a reciprocating member provided with means for automatically and successively engaging and transferrlng said cards from the front to the back of said series, an operating member with means for driving the same, and means connecting said operating member with said reciprocating member, said means being adapted to move said reciprocating member with each alternate operation thereof, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character referred to, in combination with a series of advertising cards and means for supporting the exposed therethrough, a horizontally recip- Lemme same, a reciprocajling member providedrwith ternetemove'menfo thereof, substantially as 1 meansfor engaging end moving said cards described, 9

suecessiyely from the front to the rear of Signed at Portland, Multnomah county, sand. serLes,,-a;1h0perat1ng member with means Oregomighis 17th day 0 April, 1917.

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